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A team of material scientists from Wake Forest University in North Carolina have developed plastic light bulbs that are shatter-proof, flicker-free, and seem to last forever. Furthermore, these plastic bulbs are about twice as efficient as fluorescent bulbs, on-par with LED bulbs, and — perhaps best of all — they produce a color and quality of light that ‘can match the solar spectrum perfectly.’

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